The Sun. — London, England, 1818-02-03 00:00:00

~~1Ll;iI`•'(i OVEN A SUIiSCRI PU ON FOR THE MESSES. EVANS AND OTHERS. Yesterday a M e etin g took place at the Crown and Anchor, the object of wiiirlt was to propose Sohscription for those who had been confined under theliabeas Corpus Stispeisisbm Bill. At a quarter past one o'clock Sir F. BURDETT, accompanied by his brother and Lorti toc lin a N elitert - 41 the room. • Sir F. Bulincrr having taken the Chair, said, that having had the honour of being called op, , n to preside at so numerous and respecLahle a It;celing, it became his duty to explain to them t rd - ject of it was. _lle would not at pre 's.-nt take up their time by entering into the topics cohoected it,.as there were, no doubt, many who were desirous to address them, and parti cniarly such as had sntfered by long eontinuance in piis . on. The Resolutions were pr-:pared, and would be submitted 'immediately to their consi deration. - Lord C'ICIIRANE said, that upon coining into the Crown aim Anchor, vat ions Resolut ions had been put i ll y) hand, which indicated the ob ject or the Meeting. It 55 as a pleasure to him to see that the spirit of the people was thus awake to the conduct of Government; and that a Meet ing so nunterow , and so respectable had been as se he same spirit prevailed in France - under its ancient: Givernment, the despotism which oporessed the people would not have con tinued so•long. Oppr'es-ive, however, as it might even a y despotism was not . more ruipons to the libertii s of the people than the sit-pension of the Habeas Corpus. France, by the aid of I.lriti•h troops, joined to those of the other • t:espws of Europe, was kept in a state of negrad lug suhjue,ation. What necessity was there fur this ? It the French Government was a good one, why did not Frenchmen themselves support it ? The sante system of military tyranny prevailed in this country. They could not walk through a single street without meeting soldiers in every direction. What was the use of those jattissaries that were now , to be met with everywhere—at the theatres, at exhilthions, at every place of public business, or public amusement IVas this the state in which Englishmen should be placed?— Hoke ditir teu t 'ins the simation of America, as represented in the last Speech of the President There the people were completely free from taxes ; •thvy had no military establishment, or at least a • very small one. Justice was iatpartially and rea dily administered in their Courts of Law. They were allowed to be . their own protectors, and in price of oppressing them with a large standing army, 1 00,000 muskets were placed in the hands of the rople. No power was exercised in that country but by the people themselves.— There a person was in no danger of being oppressed under the forms of law and justice.— The iniquities practised in our Courts Were .not to be met with. Here there was no justice tube had under any circumstance in which the Govern ment yeas concerned. He hoped the Resolutions adopted that day, by so numerous and so respect able a Meeting, would prove that the people of 14.;ngland would not be put down by tyranny, but that their spirit would rise in proportion to the despotic efforts that were made against it. lie cone;nded by reading several Resolutions, among which were the following :- 1. flint experience has lamentably proved that the tieqnent suspensi ons , d ur i ng t h e last 24 years, o' the 3i st of Cilailes the Second, commonly de nominated ‘• The Habeas Corpus Act," have not only deprived the people of the valuable benefits of that statute, but under the colour and pretext of nu-rely suspending that act, powers have been vested.iu his M je , ty's Ministers, by these acts of suspensions, wholly incompatible with a free country, placing every inan's person at their dis posal ; %ditch is a total stlbvCrSloll of the CO[ll.- 110)11 law of the land, anti first' principles of so ciety ; thereby creating a despotism worse than that of Algiers, because its injuries ate inflicted under the mask of 9 ThAt this Meeting views with alarm the in decent and dangerous precipitruion ‘sith which laws a ffectiNg the dearest interests of the country have beet carried thro:igh Parliament ; because sli d, pit Cipitailey has depriNed the people of the exeicise art their boasted right of petition ; and this Meeting particularly laments that the recent reveal at the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act should have been sit hasti!y carried, as it may h,realrer be resorted to as a precedent to justify the passing of injurious laws with similar pred pit,itimi. 3. That the suspensions of the Habeas Corpus Act were a wanton outrage of the laws, and the liberties of the people ; intended by a corrupt and Vella! Administration to silence the prayers of more than a million ot glen who have petitioned for refut 4. That the arrests which have taken place were ineat►t to delude the nation into a belief that the oppressive nteasu:es of the Ministry were neces sary and just ; and to colour an affected alarm at . . tumults, generdlly excited by hired agents of the (..;civernment, in furtherance of its views to subdue toe s; , irit Of reform. 5. filar the sufferers under this malignant per secuti-ou have been treated in a cruel and arbitrary manner ; branded from county to county, from pri,oit to prison ; exposed in letters to the public ; suipiected eves► to privations of food, and (loomed to rigorous soliteiry confinement ; their tors intercepted, and communication with their U& a' ITS t rChitions tor hichie4. 6. "Iliat there is evet yreason to believe their persreutors knew them to he innocent, while they were subjected to these indignities, from their re cent iineration ‘vithout trial, some uncondition si;;y, and others upon their own recognizances, which hive heen since cancelled by their accusers. 7. 1 hat this Meeting sincerely sympathizes with a!: !hese victinh of arbitrary power and hired ac- en.wion ; and (lee ins then; eminently entitled to poWie support. S. That the manly firmn.ess of Mr. Evans, sen. ilr Evans, jun, aiM Mr. Ilenbotv, in retusing any hitt .11 lorial liberation,sigually entitles them to the worgovst a.pprobation-, for haring afforded pitorlaer noble example, that even in . this age ty- rauuy needs only to be resisted to be subdued. 9, IttAt a subscription be now opened for the assistance of the Messrs. Evans, Mr. Benbnw, and such other - sufferers under the recent suspen sion of th. 2 IJabeas Corpus Act, as may stem en titled to public assistance and support by the Com mittee. 10. That Mr. Samuel Brooks be Treasurer ; and Mr. Thomas Cleary, Secretary of the Committee. 11. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Sir F. Burdett, Bart., for his public spirit in taking the Chair on the present occasion ; and for the constant and persevering - attachment he has shewn to the cause of reform. He then read the several resolutions. His Lord- Atip proceeded. Why did his Majesty's Ministers bring all their informatics] to the "looses of Par liament concealed in a green big ? Why was it rt'. len . ed to a Secret COMlllitfee ? if acts of viorence had been really committed by the people, there could have been no reason for secrecy; neither when they wet e prepared to take the individuals into custody, could there have been any reason for concealing the acts of which they were , ac cused. Htd they received their information front credible persons, what motive could they possibly have in. concealing their names ? No man who came forward to give information of acts of vio lence committed against Government or the laws of the country, could possibly wish to have his name concealed ; for his own part, said his Lord ship, if he bad given information to Government of acts of treason against the State, he- would accuse such a man as he conceived merited the ac cusation, and avow what he had done. There could have been no just ground of secrecy. The fact was, Isis Majesty's Ministers were conscious they had hired their emissaries to give informa tion against the pe , sple. They knew they had hired Oliver, and the other villains connected him, to give information against the people, 'and they kr;ew also that their information was false. What was the reason his Majesty's Minis ters again proposed to bring down another green bag, to be referred to a Committee s imilarly con stituted as the last ? After all the alarms they had excited had subsided,—after the Constitutiott of the country had been restored . ,—atter all grounds of apprehension must have ceased, it appeared that aiiother green bag was to he referred to a Committee. What was proposed by this ? It was in order to carryon the delusion a little longer.— There were in the country many willing dupes; many aliowed themselves to be duped who were interested in the plunder of the people ; it was for this reason the alarm was necessary to be kept up. His Majesty's Ministers were at length sen sible that their villainy was exposed, and their conduct laid open in the face of day. They did not dare to meet the indignation of the public, and that was the reason why they were endea vouring to keep up the juggle a little longer.— W hat they were doing was probably with a view to the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, un der the efftet of striae future alarm, or to afford them a precedent and pretext for that tneasore, whenever the people - should hereafter come for ward, as he trusted they would, an d cover the House with petitions for reform. He trusted the people, notwithstanding the threats of Ministers, would resort to the measures which had provok ed the vengeance of Ministers last year. He trusted the people of England would not be de terred from meeting for tlie purpose of that re= form, of which they had, by the machinations of Ministers, been hitherto deprived. He hoped they would not petition Parliament in classes of wenty merely, hut in bodies of an hundred, tens of hundreds, thousands, atid tens of thousands.— Lie would have them spew his Majesty's Ministers they were not afraid of their Bills, but would meet in spite of them, till they obtained that re form they were determined upon having. He ex horted them never to cease meeting, and demand- ng a constitutional reform, until it was conce( ed to thew. their time. He would not trespass further upon lie ret►►rned ►hem thanks for ►he in- dnlgenee with which they had listened to him.-- His heart and hand teere with them, and he should always most willingly, as far as his humble abilities would enable hint, devote himself to their rause, and promote their endeavours to extort front Government that Parliamentaty reform so essentially necessary to restore the Constitution of the country to its ancient purity. Mr, WOoLFR said, he stood forward on the present occasion to second the resolutions which had been just submitted to their approbation, and he did so with feelings of exultation. It was to him a subject of •proud gratification to see so many persons assembled together to celebrate what might aptly be called the signal defeat of Ministers in their last ministetial campaign against the rights and liberties of the people. At this pet iod last year, Ministers sere full in arms against the people, ranging their forces in every direction, and attempting to assume such an aspect, as it they t h ought the Gorgon of ministerial terrors would frightetievery one from the field, or excite the fear that, if any one ,should have the hardi hood to remain, the halter, the gibbet, or some other expedient, would terminate his career. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT stated, that his faiend, Major Cartwright had not been able to attend there that day ; but,that he had sent his mite to promote the object of the Meeting ; accompanied by a letter, which he begged to be read. Mr. CLCARY received the letter from the Ho nourable Baronet, and standing on the table read it to the company.- The writer began by maintaining- that Parlia ment had not the power to suspend, at any time,or tinder any circumstances,- the liberties of English men. This assertion he did not make on the fact of the House of Commons not being the f:►ir re. presentation of the people, but on much broader tound,; for although the Parlament might have been ever so well constituted; and al though the House of Commons wet e the true representatives of tl►e people, still they could have no authority to suspend their liberties for a single moment, because the people were a power greater than their delegates. A set of interior magistrates might as well attempt to st►Lpend the power of the Court ut King's Bench, and that Court in its turn might as %veil try to suspend the authority of the Parliament. As no power then could suspend a higher power, so that Of Portia- Inellt COlll4l not suspend the rights of the people. The only pretence inr doing (Lis was neces44y, which is ahlays the tyrant's plea --a necessity which none of the men in power thought fit to explain. The letter, which was very long, con ,rained a variety of other arguments to the same effect ; and before it was half read :hrough, the company became impatient, and desired that the letter might be printed. This was assented to, and Mr. Cleary sat down, intimating to the com pany that their wish should be complieq with. Sir F. ButtnETT 110 W announced the wish of Mr. Johnstone, who was one of the sufferers un der the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, to address the meeting.—[This man, who`was one of the persons arrested at Manchester, made out a very long but uninteresting detail of his impri sonment ; as did also a Mr. Baguky, a young man, of the same place, who thought it an act of dis gusting impropriety in Lord Sidtnouth to recoil)- ! mend his father to teach him for the future lessons of loyal , y and obedience to the laws.] The ltev. Mr. DRAPER denied that there was at the period alluded to any necessity for the sus-, pension of the Habeas Corpus Act ; indeed there never was a time which authorized the introduc.. lion of the measures resorted to by Ministers . ,•and the Greet) Bag Committee. JOSEPH MITCHELL, of Liverpool, stated the circumstance of his having got into company with a notorious fellow who pretended to be a friend to liberty. This fellow was Oliver, and this man he introduced into different parts of the country ; suppos;og him to have been equally friendly to the cause of freedom with himself. He solemnly de clared that neither he, nor the friends with whom he acted, had ever contemplated any act of trea- son, nor had any other object in view than that Of obtaining a Helot-in in Parliament by legal and constitutionol Means. lie assured the meeting, that although he had suffered the greatest hard ships by an imprisonment of six months, and by being reduced to beggary, he was still as hearty in the cause as ever. WlLLiam CLIFF, of-Derby, next addressed the Meeting. In May last, he said, a persim came to his shop, and asked him to go and meet a delegate from London ; be was induced to go, because the man teas represented as coming from Lord Cochrane and others. Ile went and saw the man at an inn—the man was Oliver.—They entered into conversation, in the course of which, Oliver said it was of no use to petition for a Parliament ary Reform, and that the people of the country were ready to rise up, and obtain the reform by fle*(Nir. C.) threw cold water on all that orce. this fellow said, and told him that his plan would -not do. Oliver insisted that it was the only way to obtain it, and said the people of Derby ought 'to rise up. Some days after this, a messenger from London, and two constables, knocked at his door, broke into his house, and said that Lord Sid►nouth wished to speak to him, and must see him in London ; he was then taken to the county jail, loaded ►with irons, and soon after put into a carriage with another man, •in order to be conveyed to London. They were both ekained together, they were even chained together while in bed. At last he arrived in London, and Was brottAt before Lord Sidmouth, whom he defied to bring any charge against him. Lord Sidmouth replied, that he had evidence from a most respect able source that he had committed acts of trea son. He wets then sent to Cold Bath Fields prison, where he remained a few days ; he was afterwards sent to Gloucester jail, where he was thrown into the cell of Ft condemned murderer. Here his clothes were always damp, and he en dured the greatest hardships. While he under went these suffering,s, his tiade, by which be had maintained his family espectably, was entirely broke lip, and his wife and children had been since living On a miserable pittance from the parish. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT said, that after the simple, but eloquent appeals made to the Com pany, it was unnecessary to take up their time any longer, or by any further remarks, than to im press on all the , ir minds the n,xessiry of contri buting to the relief of those who bad suffered suet) atrocious injuries, and who could obtain no in- . demnification from their oppressors. • It was still less necessary for him to say any thing now as he should shortly be confronted with those opnres- . stirs in another place ; and tell them to their faces what their conduct hail been. A Committee Was then appointed, and a . list of Subscriptions read by the Secretary, Mr. Cleary; amongst those whose names, real and anonymous, excited great applause and - laughter, were, Sir .F. Burdett ...... L. 105 0 0 Lord Cochrane The Liberty of the Press, and a Fig for all Oppres- sore L 5 0 All the Money he has got 2 0 0 The Black Dwarf' 2 2 0 Oise oho thinks for his Countrymen..• 5 5 0 May the sun never rise on a tyrant nor descend on a slave 6 0 0 Tlie Thanks were next voted to. Lord Coch rane; Ira his address of acknowledgment, Liis Lordship d ec l a r e d th a t h e unequivocally approv ed of .the conduct of his Hon. Colleague. Sir F. Burdett—that he should constantly imitate the same, and tread in his.ceps.--The Meeting then broke up. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEE. 2. MAXWELL V. DANIEL. This was an action for money had and received by Captain Murray Maxwell, who commanded the Alceste, and catried out the embassy to China, to tecover the sum of 513/.los. alleged to he due to him from the Defendant, the prize -agent for the booty taken by the expedition fitted out against Surinam, in the year 1804, in which the plaintiff had a command under Sir Samuel Flood. The plaintiff's den►and was resisted, on the ground that the defendant had accounted for the suns in question with a Mr. James Maxwell, ano ther prize-agent of Plaintiff,' at the island of Barbadoes, the defendant having received a gua rantee frOm the agent in the West Indies. I t wa s purely a question of account, and in the result the plaintiff was non-suited. Yesterday morning the house of Mr. Farley, t h e marquis Cornwallis, Warren -street, Fitzroy plundered o f a b out 701. in Bank cash, Insiees liq uors , wear i ng apparel, isi(l : tiieae , a ' 0 7( . 18. d 25.i other i' portable articles. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD THIS WEEK. hollt The highest price of the best Wh ea t e n Bread throng-- h. the Metropolis is stated by the Bakers to be Is. ea t ": Quartern Loaf.—Some Bakers sell the Quartern L oaf ill— one penny to two-pence lower. ° S t lb. oz. lb. 1 4 5) Peck Loaf to weigh .. 17 6 Qttartern Loaf to weig i qi Half ditto.. ditto .... lo 11 Half Quarteru ditto • • b_...... SEEDS. Red Clover (Foreign) Ditto English Whiteditto . Rye-Grass _ k _ Turnip, Whit e .. Red and Green ... l6s od to 20s od . White Mustard Seed .... Brown ditto l2s Od to'i9s Od Carraway Seeds (new) Cinque Voir) ' I 6s - od to 18s od per 4" Coriander do. Trefoil Ribgrats ... 34s 50s to 65s Canary (new) Ditto (old) 7ss —s to 93s • thrill' Linseed Oil Cake at th e Mill, —l. — s. to 15 1 . OS. Per • :. sand—Rape Cake 81. Os. to —l. Os. per ton. Tares, Bs. to 14s. per bushel. - --• UXBRIDGE. Corn-Inspector's Return.—Thursday, Jan. M . 4,4 Wheat per 1.17 i. Os. 261. 12 s. ; O ats N.‘Vheat peel. -1 O s t o —1 O s i B eans 44s od to 5 6 7 .. 1; Barley, pergr. 26s Od to 50s Ot: 1 Pease' 46s Oct to SA r aye, —s. Od. to —s Od. ... PRICE OFKEsiesineOtxPS7N..7226:llockets. Sussex —I Os 261 ° 0 0:5:5 9 9i : Farnham..29l Os t" 51 - I:A. to 2il. New Bags. Kent Sussex 2,51 lot to :?fil los Foreign Hop NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL AIARKET S ' By the Carcase. Beef :3s 4d to 4s 4d 1 Veal.. Mutton 4s nd to Si: Pork ST. JAMES-'S HAY MARKET, Jan. 31. Hay 3l 3s ad to 51 15s Oci-Average, J °l l. Straw • 2l Sc Gd t o el 04---Averae, 21 Clover 4l Os Od to 51'15s 0.1 --Average, 41 wHalicimpEL HAY MARKET. 3 Hay 4l 12s Od to 51 I4s Od-Average, 51 Oa New ditto.. 01 O s Od to 0 1 Os Oil-Average, 0 1 7. pd Straw 2l 4s Od to 21 IQS Od-A ai verage, .• vs Clover 6l Os Od to. 71. Os Od-Average, 61 PRICE OF LEATHER. oil Butts, r.,0 to sGlbs each per lb ......210 t ° e od Ditto, 56 to istilbs each 24il 1° ~,, d Dressing Hides ib_. 0 Fine Coach Hides .'' t o t 9. Crop Hides, 35 to 40113 for cutting lid' Q ici Ditto' 45 to 501bs Calf Skins.. 80 to 401bs 11;41 t t4° s . 9‘t rt Ditto 5O to 701i3 , 25d to . 09 ,1 Ditto 7O to 8011)s 24d t ° ' d Soiall•Scals (Greenland) -2 2,1 to 17 so Lafge ditto p er d ozen 60s tol7l Taiine - d Horse Hides , I.liLl t ° ei i Spanish Horse Hides led to RAW IDES. • ed Best Heifers & St eer s, p er s`.. 1 Ordinary 2s od to 2 ,4 2s 10(1 Lo 3s 0:: Market Calf .-, each 6 3 Nliddling,s 2s 6d to 2s fiti ! Eng. Horse Os od t&' 9s SHEEP SKINS. Polled 96d to I iod i Sbearlings ....Os CO t° o4 , rat Downs .ss Od to is 0d 1 Lawns Os Od 50 ',„ _...... PRICE OF RAW FAT, s rutted by the Tall. hers. St. James's ,Market .. 4s 81,1 Whitechapel Market 4s 9..1 Cr Stone of 516.--Jan• rls stated by the Bat c ite St. James's Marliet ..49 8 1 .4 4 WEitechapel Nlarliet 9 jd — C:are M „ arket ......0s vi Nesvgate Market ....us Average 4s 9d Average PRICES OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 119.11'. . 0o Town Tallow.. 81s Gd — s Od I Yellow Soap ; 106 Yellowßussia 82s Od —s Od Mott!ed.. ... O4O White ditto .. —s O r l — s Od • C ur d ill Soap ditto.... 7,4 ud —s Od Palm :0. Meltiiy Stuff his Ott —s Oil Graves IS • 4 „ t i Ditto Rough.. 455 od —s OdGood Dregs ice's v PRICE OF CANDLES, in Price of Candles, per dozen, I dozen ;zllowed fi 'wn Tallow Chantiletilil-bill -1-2s 6d—Moulds, 14s od---- 661 3'e 7or,ready money. HOP INTELLIGENCE. The quantity of Foreign I-lops imported ir!'; - Germany, Flanders,liolland,and A mer i ca , t rioli: ft " up to the I7th January, to 9,17 s b a l es ; „ i4 t bkv , of which the average weight is about 16,900°" ( 1 or 800 tons ; t a ki ng th e l oss o f we i L O t allowance for waste, &c. at about 7011). P i g cwt. 1,600 c wt.. would leave a b out 14,4' cwt. which, at ab ou t 81. Il s. per cent. thity .°: importation, will amount to 123,1201. There ', l l i ; about 5 or 6000 b ags more on t he way, and t°" expected, whi c h at th e same average weight an ,/ duty, would ex cee d 2(30,0001. duty, snd which . an addition to the revenue of 1k IliCh very few been aware, CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday an Inquisition was held at the black Horse, High -street, n'ir lar, before J. W. UNWIN, Esq. on the boil of Mr. John Smith, ot• Charles-street, 6 1 • 01 / e '' fields, Mile-end, who had formerly been a Coll l • tnodore in the Royal N avy , b ut was in the New Cut, near the Eei Pie-hoo . ' Poplar.—lt appeared that otr Thursday eyeful the deceased b a d b een at Mr. limn's, the 11 , ' Pie-house, where be called for pen and ink, j': a wrote a letter.—The body was found dr o watA oB the New Cut next d a y, an d carr i ed to the Lel P ie. house, where it was owned by the wife of 64 deceased.—Verdict, ". Found drowned." MARRIED. At St. George's, Hanover-square,- on the 2d instant, CaP t i Charles Jones, of th e 15th Hussars,Aid-de-Carp to his RoYa Highness the Dube of Cumberland, to - Charlotte Matild d s, only daughter o f th e l a t e Alexander Annesley, Esq. of HYd.: Hall, Herts. Th e bride was presented a t th e a l tar b) Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. On Saturday last, at St. George's Church. Bionntsbo'Y' Colonel Sir Alexander Bryce, of the Royal Engineers, mander of St. Ferdinand, and Companion of the Sails, to, Emily, daughter of the late John Porker, Esq. o f Al usva' _ DIED. r On Sunday morning , at Tottenham, Mrs. Sparks:tire 'rif e of Robert H. Sp ar k s , Esq., universally• regrett e d, On the Ist instant, th e Rev. Joseph William Daniel, a`~crl 34, one of the officiating Clergymen of the Roman Catlio"' Chapel in T v'irginia-street, who fell`, a vietinv to the 1, 31' 1315 fever in the discharge of his sacerdotal duties. On Sunday, Mr. John Pearkes, one of the principal °llia" of BoUr-street Office, at his house in Castle-street, Long-acr e ' after several months illness. LONDON: Printed by J. B. CA RSTA IBS . , of No. 29, (3 " at Ormond-street, Qu ee n- square; an d pn bli s h rd by I %_ , I" SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Alolton-street, at THE. Su° °dice, No. 112, Strand; where. Adveitistments, Ottlers, Letters, &c. (post-paid) knuit ue addresied. .~ /• . . ,:~. 1:1:f) li p !NN ;t I 1)1 ;1. 1 ; 1" 1 00,,,, ri ; . 41t, 11 IP. Ddrc tha t 'it tt s :t't • , Th e C•RN